A Utah family’s son has been missing for more than 10 years since taking a trip to China. Now he’s believed to be trapped in North Korea, serving as Kim Jong Un’s English tutor.

David Sneddon, who was 24 at the time of his disappearance in August 2004, was a Brigham Young University student abroad in China when he vanished.

Chinese authorities told his parents, Kathleen and Roy Sneddon, that their son drowned while hiking. But 12 years later, the family is still searching.

A report from the Korean War Abductees’ Family Union believes David is alive in North Korea, where he’s reportedly been forced to teach English to the country’s closed-off agents — including dictator Kim Jong Un, according to Yahoo Japan.

He’s believed to have married a North Korean woman and become a father of two children.

David Sneddon, an American college student who went missing 12 years ago in China, was fluent in Korean and Mandarin.

(www.helpfinddavid.com)

While it could be good news if David is still alive, the North Korean dictator’s ruthless actions means an unpredictable future for the Utah ex-college student.